set - Thesaurus Synonyms and Word Suggestions

verb

To deposit in a specified place: lay ¹, place, put, stick. See place, rise
To put in or assign to a certain position or location: emplace, install, locate, place, position, site, situate, spot. See place
To alter for proper functioning: adjust, fix, regulate, tune (up). Music: attune. See change, help
To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal: lay ¹, spread. See order
To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting: lay ¹. See place
To bring about or come to an agreement concerning: arrange, conclude, fix, negotiate, settle. See agree
To appoint and send to a particular place: assign, post ², station. See place
To calculate approximately: approximate, estimate, place, put, reckon. See precise
To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, direct, head, level, point, train, turn, zero in. Military: lay ¹. See seek
To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass: clot, coagulate, congeal, curdle, gelatinize, jell, jelly. See solid
To make or become physically hard: cake, concrete, congeal, dry, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify. See solid

phrasal verb

set about

To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal: kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start

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set apart

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set aside

To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, vitiate, void. Law: extinguish. See continue

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set back

To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired: delay, detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, slow (down or up), stall ². See help, time

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set by

To reserve for the future: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, save (up). See keep, save

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set down

To register in or as if in a book: book, catalog, enroll, inscribe, list ¹, write down. See remember
To come to rest on the ground: alight ¹, land, light ², settle, touch down. See move

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set forth

To state, as an idea, for consideration: advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, put forward, submit, suggest. See offer

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set off

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set out

To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal: kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start
To work out and arrange the parts or details of: blueprint, design, lay out, map (out), plan. See planned
To proceed in a specified direction: bear, go, head, make, strike out. See approach

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set to

To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, start, take on, take up, undertake. Informal: kick off. Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road. See start

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set up

To raise upright: erect, pitch, put up, raise, rear ², upraise, uprear. See horizontal, rise
To bring into existence formally: constitute, create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, start. See start
Informal. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another): treat. Informal: stand. Slang: blow ¹. Idiom: stand treat. See pay

adjective

Firmly established by long standing: confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, entrenched, hard-shell, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, irradicable, settled. See continue
In a definite and final form; not likely to change: certain, firm ¹, fixed, flat. See change
Fixed and distinct from others: express, particular, special, specific. See specific
On an unwavering course of action: bent, decided, determined, fixed, intent, resolute. See decide
In a state of preparedness: ready. Informal: go. Slang: together. Idioms: all set, in working order. See prepared

Thesaurus: set